Corporal Hicks

We are saddened to report that Predator actor and all around legend Carl Weathers has died in his sleep at the age of 76. In a statement made to Deadline, Carl Weather's family confirmed his passing. “We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Carl Weathers. He died peacefully in his sleep on Thursday, February 1st, 2024. ... [Read More]

We have just uploaded the 177th episode of the Alien vs. Predator Galaxy Podcast (right-click and save as to download). For our first podcast episode of 2024, regular hosts Corporal Hicks, RidgeTop and Xenomorphine are joined by special community guest Nightmare Asylum to start the year of Alien's 45th anniversary of discussing the differences between the Director's Cut and the ... [Read More]

As Noah Hawley continues the press rounds for the fifth season of Fargo, the press continues to ask him about the Alien series which is expected to resume filming later this month or in February. Talking to Collider, Hawley discussed how the story will encompass multiple seasons and not be a limited one-and-done narrative. "I think that ... [Read More]

The Alien universe can be a cruel and punishing place. It’s a lesson Ellen Ripley learned with the waking nightmare that was her life after the Nostromo first landed on LV-426. It was a mortal lesson that Corporal Dwayne Hicks and Rebecca “Newt” Jordon didn’t get the chance to learn but experienced none-the-less. And Doctor Elizabeth Shaw was also subjected to ... [Read More]

Dan Trachtenberg's fantastic Predator film, Prey, was nominated for 6 Emmy Awards last year. It was, in fact, the first "TV movie" in 9 years to receive Emmy nominations for both writing and directing. Prey was also nominated for Outstanding Television Movie, Outstanding Picture Editing for a Limited Movie, Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Movie, ... [Read More]

We have just uploaded the 176th episode of the Alien vs. Predator Galaxy Podcast (right-click and save as to download). For our last episode of 2023, Corporal Hicks, RidgeTop and Xenomorphine reconvened to sum up 2023, as well as our traditional retrospective Alien vs. Predator discussion! To wrap up 2023 we're going back to the mid-90s to discuss the seminal ... [Read More]

Alien fans are no strangers to alternate continuities. Is it Hicks and Newt who met General Spears, or is it really Wilks and Billie? Dark Horse explored the idea towards the end of their time with Alien, adapting William Gibson's second draft of "Alien 3" and Dan O'Bannon's very first draft of the original "Alien". Now it's Marvel's turn with ... [Read More]

A is for Alien, B is for Bishop, C is for chestburster> ...you get the jist! Over the last nearly decade since Titan started publishing Alien books, they put out a very eclectic range of whimsical and unusual Alien books including the recently released "An Aliens Search-and-Find Book: Find the Xenomorph". Now it's Golden Books' turn with "A Is for ... [Read More]

We have just uploaded the 175th episode of the Alien vs. Predator Galaxy Podcast (right-click and save as to download). In this episode Corporal Hicks and RidgeTop are joined by community guest HuDaFuk to discuss the most recent Predator anthology book, Predator: Eyes of the Demon. We talk about our favourite and least favourite picks of the books, discussing Predator at ... [Read More]

The team over at Kennedyboy Productions have recently uploaded a trailer for their upcoming Alien fan production, No Man's Land! Directed by Christian Kennedy, No Man's Land is set during World War 1 and is described as "Battlefield 1 meets Aliens." Check out the trailer below! In the hot barren trenches of a remote Ottoman ... [Read More]

Last week we learned that Fargo and Oppenheimer actor David Rysdahl had joined the cast of FX and Noah Hawley's upcoming Alien series as a regular cast member. Details of what character he is playing are still unknown though. In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Rysdahl talked a little about the Alien series, as well ... [Read More]

While Titan has been responsible for some of the best literature the Alien franchise has seen (I’m looking at you Alex White and Scott Sigler), they have also published some fantastic non-fiction in the way of J.W Rinzler’s phenomenal Making of Alien and Aliens and Alien: The Blueprints, as well as some absolutely delightful off-beat Alien books like Alien Next ... [Read More]

We have just uploaded the 174th episode of the Alien vs. Predator Galaxy Podcast (right-click and save as to download). Regular co-hosts Corporal Hicks and RidgeTop are joined by author and editor Bryan Thomas Schmidt to discuss his work on the latest anthologies Aliens vs. Predators: Ultimate Prey and Predator: Eyes of the Demon! We discuss the return of Dutch, how ... [Read More]